Come to our meeting and learn about events planned for the year and ideas for making some of our events work virtually if needed. Program Chairs will be available to discuss their events that they are managing. This is a great opportunity to meet the chairpersons, explore opportunities for your students and learn ways that you can participate and make LWMTA a stronger and more vital organization for teachers and students.

Meg Mann, with two of her students, will be performing a harp arrangement of this Rachmaninov piece. To follow is a discussion of differences between this and the original, the function of pedal on the harp, differences between the piano and harp score, composition, and more theoretical aspects of harp versus piano.

This program was originally presented at the 2021 MTNA Virtual conference. Following this video will be an open discussion.

Whether it is a tiny 6-year-old who comes to you from a music readiness program or the graduate student who enters your studio playing at a very high level, we all teach, mostly, transfer students. Some of the greatest American teachers explore how to make the best of these frequent situations, whether the student is the young child, a high school student college-bound in music or an adult learner, returning back after many years of work in another field. What are some of the artistic, technical and psychological issues we must address? What are some of the best repertoire assignments to make when we encounter this circumstance? And, what can we do to retain more of our own students, to keep them moving ahead and achieving the goals they would like for themselves.

Holiday Luncheon at Satomi Pellerin’s studio; please bring something to share! This may change to an online gathering if needed.

Help your students manage being overwhelmed visually, to prepare and make a mental map for performance success, as well as using strategies for communication and recall—improve information retention so your teaching yields a more consistent result in less teaching time.

Sunday, January 23, 2022 at 5:00 pm: Young Composers Recital at Northwest Pianos (Chair: Meg Mann)
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, December 15, 2021

This is our 11th annual teachers’ recital. Incredibly talented musicians in the LWMTA will be celebrating with an afternoon of wonderful music of all different genres with solos, 8-hand 2 pianos, and chamber groups.

We all have our own tools for recovery after a stressful day as well as preparing for one. We also have ways of teaching students to handle performance stress. This discussion is an open forum for discussion of this broad range of issues.

Our MAP Recognition Recital is open to any student that has participated in MAP 2022. Performing one of their MAP pieces in front of an audience is a nice way to honor and celebrate their achievements.

The Chapter Representative for the WSMTA State Conference is also chosen at this recital, by a majority vote of the LWMTA teachers in attendance. Each teacher will receive a program that indicates the students who would like to perform during the state conference. Votes will be tallied by committee and the Representative will be notified the following day.

Our District ll Director will be visiting and sharing information pertinent to our chapter members. Bring your questions!

Saturday, April 23, 2022 at 10:00 am-3:00 pm: Lake Washington Musical Passport at Northwest Pianos (Chair: Tomoko Ishihara)
Registration Deadline: March 31, 2022

Please join us in sharing our appreciation for our members who have volunteered for us.